Counselling

APPROACHES

I believe a lot of insight can be gained in counselling from processing feelings, thoughts, and behaviours. Identifying themes, connecting patterns in behaviour, gaining resilience, building on strengths, and developing practical skills for everyday life are parts of the counselling process. Here are a few of the counselling approaches I offer. Discussing the counselling approaches as part of informed consent would be done before being implemented.

EMDR

EYE MOVEMENT & DESENSITIZATION REPROCESSING

EMDR has been around for decades and has proven to be a reliable, evidenced-based psychotherapy. It uses bi-lateral stimulation through eye movements, tapping, or auditory stimulation to help adapt traumatic memories to the past so that memories aren’t fragmented anymore and cause distress. EMDR can be utilized for not only trauma but also depression, grief, and anxiety, to name a few. Read More

art

ACCELERATED RESOLUTION THERAPY

ART is a psychotherapy that interweaves several evidence-based therapies to quickly achieve benefits using bilateral stimulation (i.e., eye movements). I have used this particular therapy for trauma, pain management, addiction, grief, anxiety, depression, and various other presenting concerns. This therapy can also be used for strokes and dyslexia. It does not require a patient to verbalize their entire trauma or any other presenting concern in the counselling session. Read More

CBT

COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY

CBT gives the idea that my thoughts influence how I feel, and what I feel will influence how I behave. However, This perspective is multi-directional, meaning that behaviours will also influence thoughts, feelings, etc. CBT is present-focused and doesn’t dwell on the past as much. The counselling approach utilizes Socratic questioning, thought records, the downward arrow technique, and many other interventions. Read More

DBT - Informed

DIALECTICAL BEHAVIOR THERAPY

DBT, or Dialectical Behavior Therapy, focuses on four domains with an array of skills for each one: emotional regulation, distress tolerance, mindfulness, and interpersonal effectiveness. Emotional regulation skills help someone learn how to deal with emotions effectively. Distress tolerance assists with working through elevated emotions before they lead to negative consequences (financial, social, work, etc). Read More

SFBT

SOLUTION-FOCUSED BRIEF THERAPY

SFBT, or Solution-Focused Brief Therapy, focuses mainly on the present. The goal is to find solutions to presenting problems using different techniques, such as scaling, exceptions, the miracle question, pre-session change, doing one thing differently, solution talk, and coping questions. The goal is to increase someone’s optimism for change, openness to possibilities, and sense of control.